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<title>OR/WA BLM Public Newsroom - Prineville</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:35:57 PST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville</link>
<description>The most recent Prineville news releases.</description>
<managingEditor>OR_Prineville_Mail@blm.gov (Prineville District)</managingEditor>
<webMaster>or_web_services@blm.gov (Oregon Washington BLM Web Team)</webMaster>
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<title>Pile Burning Update for Prineville Bureau of Land Management &amp; Deschutes National Forest</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_Pileburning_update_110909.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_Pileburning_update_110909.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[CENTRAL OREGON - Several hand pile burning projects associated with hazardous fuels reduction efforts on public lands will continue through the late fall and early winter season. Most of the projects are expected to take several weeks total to complete, with work being completed on an intermittent basis as weather conditions allow.  Burning may continue into late December, however, no burning will occur during the holidays. Fuels specialists will start work on burning grapple and landing piles after hand pile projects are completed.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:06:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Increase in Oil and Gas Drilling Permit Application Fees</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/APDFee_Nov2009_v2.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/APDFee_Nov2009_v2.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Fiscal Year 2010 Interior appropriations bill -- enacted into law on October 30 -- directs the Bureau of Land Management to charge a $6,500 processing fee for each new oil and gas drilling permit application, known as an Application for Permit to Drill (APD).  The fee took effect November 2; the previous fee was $4,000 per APD.   The money generated by APD fees constitutes a reimbursement to the U.S. Treasury for the estimated cost of processing new APDs.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:40:27 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Veterans Fees Waived Next Wednesday</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Veterans_Day_November_11.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Veterans_Day_November_11.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management will waive recreation-related fees for veterans and military personnel, along with their families, on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:58:06 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Herbicide Plan Available for Public Review</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-14_Draft_Veg_EIS_10-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-14_Draft_Veg_EIS_10-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Noxious weeds, invasive plants, and other weeds infest millions of acres in Oregon. It is estimated that approximately 1.2 million of the 15.7 million acres of BLM lands in Oregon are currently infested with noxious weeds and are spreading at an estimated rate of 12 percent per year. To address this issue, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for public review and comment. The BLM will be seeking public comments on the draft EIS for 60-days beginning on October 2, 2009 and closing on December 1, 2009.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:16:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Some Fees Waived for Public Lands Day</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Fee_Free_day_9-26.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Fee_Free_day_9-26.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management will waive recreation-related fees for visitors on Saturday, September 26, 2009, which is National Public Lands Day. Site entrance/standard amenity and individual day-use fees will be waived on this day; however, other fees, such as those for group day use, overnight camping, and cabin rentals, will remain in effect.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:09:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Temporary Closure in West Butte Area </title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_TempClosureWButte_091509.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_TempClosureWButte_091509.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Prineville, OR -- Effective immediately, there is a temporary closure of public land in the West Butte Area in Crook County on the Deschutes Resource Area, Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management.  

]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:55:38 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Industrial Fire Precaution Levels on Public Lands </title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_IFPLIIISept_091009.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_IFPLIIISept_091009.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[CENTRAL OREGON With close weather vigilance, the decision has been made to remain at &quot;Industrial Fire Precaution Level III&quot; restrictions for the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Crooked River Grassland and the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management.  The level will not change to II at this time.
]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:35:57 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Controlled Burns Scheduled Near West Butte and Sanford Creek</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_RXBurnWButte&amp;SanfordCR.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_RXBurnWButte&amp;SanfordCR.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Prineville Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service fuels specialists are planning to ignite two controlled burns in early to mid September near the West Butte and Sanford Creek areas. ]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:27:50 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Nat'l Wild Horse Board meets in Virginia</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/WHBAdvisoryBdMtg_9-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/WHBAdvisoryBdMtg_9-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The BLM's National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet on September 28, 2009, in Arlington, VA, to discuss  the management, protection, and control of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands.  The meeting will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., local time, at the Hyatt Arlington.  The agenda of the meeting can be found in the August 27, 2009, Federal Register (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-20675.pdf)]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:12:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Mining Fees Due 9/1/2009</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/mining_claim_release.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/mining_claim_release.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management reminds claimants that mining claim maintenance and location fees for Fiscal Year 2009 are due on Tuesday, September 1.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:18:19 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Marcilynn Burke Named Deputy Director of BLM</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Deputy_Director_Burke_Press_Release_8-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Deputy_Director_Burke_Press_Release_8-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Bureau of Land Management Director Robert Abbey today announced Marcilynn Burke, an attorney and professor at the University of Houston Law Center, as deputy director for policy of the BLM.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:59:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title>New and Improved Millican Cliffs Area</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/Millican_Press_Release_13August09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/Millican_Press_Release_13August09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[After 10 years of clean-up and heavy lifting, the Millican Cliffs Area of the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management has a new and safer look. Millican Cliffs is located approximately eight miles from Prineville on George Millican Road and 26 miles from Hwy 20.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:30:32 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Confirmation of Bob Abbey for Director of the Bureau of Land Management</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Director_Bob_Abbey_Press_Release_8-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Director_Bob_Abbey_Press_Release_8-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised the Senate's confirmation of Bob Abbey, a veteran public land policy leader and chief architect of the Great Basin Restoration Initiative, as Director of the Bureau of Land Management.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:59:35 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Deschutes Market Road Parcel to Remain with BLM</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-12_Prineville_DSL_In_Lieu_7-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-12_Prineville_DSL_In_Lieu_7-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has made the determination that 1,577 acres commonly referred to as the &quot;Deschutes Market Road&quot; parcel should be retained by the BLM and not transferred to the State of Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL).]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:27:08 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Solar Energy Comment Period Extended</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/09pr_SolarPEISCommentExtens_0727final.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/09pr_SolarPEISCommentExtens_0727final.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will extend the public comment period on solar energy study areas and maps by an additional 45 days. A notice published in the Federal Register on July 27 [74 FR 37051] provides for a public comment period ending on September 14, 2009.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:34:02 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Announces Adjustments to Mining-Related Location and Annual Maintenance Fees</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/BLM_Mining_Fee_Adjustment_6-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/BLM_Mining_Fee_Adjustment_6-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management today published in the Federal Register a notice that it is adjusting for inflation its fees for the location (or &quot;staking&quot;) and maintenance of unpatented
mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites. The location fee will increase from $30 to $34 and the maintenance fee will rise from $125 to $140 for such unpatented claims, in which no Federal land has been transferred to the individual or company staking the claim.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:29 PST</pubDate>
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<title>DOI Fast-Track Initiatives for Solar Energy Development on Western Lands</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Energy_Development_Press_Release_6-2009.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Energy_Development_Press_Release_6-2009.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Under initiatives announced today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), federal agencies will work with western leaders to designate tracts of U.S. public lands in the West as prime zones for utility-scale solar energy development, fund environmental studies, open new solar energy permitting offices and speed reviews of industry proposals.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:43:09 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Fire Prevention for 4th of July Weekend</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_FireworksBanJuly2009_07012009.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_FireworksBanJuly2009_07012009.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Fireworks are prohibited on all federal and state-protected lands.

Spring rains and warming temperatures have produced abundant grasses and shrubs.  Even though the rains have continued in recent days, it will take only a few hours of sunny weather, wind and warm temperatures to cure and dry this heavy fine fuel load.  People should be very cautious with campfires, debris burning, and choose parking areas that are clear of dry grasses and other flammable materials.  
]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:25:19 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Interagency Wildland Fire Pre-Season Open Houses Scheduled</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_interagencywildlandfire_061809.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_interagencywildlandfire_061809.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[MITCHELL/PRINEVILLE -- For those who are curious about wildland fire management and want to better understand how local agencies work together to manage wildland fire on federal lands while also providing protection for private land and property, you are invited to attend a pre-season open house that will explain this, and more.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:09:22 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Wild Trails Horse Expo</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_horseexpofy09_061609.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_horseexpofy09_061609.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Central Oregon's first annual Wild Trails Horse Expo will be held July 25th and 26th at the Rim Rock Riders
Arena at Brasada Ranch. The event will combine an All-Mustang Extravaganza with an All-Breed Trail
Challenge, focusing on responsible enjoyment of our public lands.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:46:33 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Wildland Firefighter Training </title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_guardschool_061609.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_guardschool_061609.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[PRINEVILLE--Approximately 50 student firefighters with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management are currently enrolled in &quot;Guard School&quot;, a course required of all state and federal employees who are training to become wildland firefighters. Guard school classroom training is being held today and tomorrow at Crook County High School in Prineville. On Wednesday, June 17, the student firefighters will engage in field exercises near Big Summit Prairie on the Ochoco National Forest in preparation for a live fire exercise on Thursday, June 18th. The week will end with additional classroom lecture and testing on Friday.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:27:32 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Secretary Salazar Announces $381.6 Million in 2009 PILT Payments to Local Governments with Federal Lands</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_PILT_News_Release_6_09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_PILT_News_Release_6_09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that approximately 1,850 local governments with federal land in their jurisdictions will receive $381.6 million this year under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program to help offset forgone tax revenue.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:59:16 PST</pubDate>
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<title>National Geological Carbon Capture Program Can Help Develop Cleaner Energy, Reduce Greenhouse Gases </title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Carbon_Capture_News_Release_6-3-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Carbon_Capture_News_Release_6-3-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today sent Congress his recommendations for a national program to help reduce greenhouse gasses by selecting appropriate underground geological formations on public lands to inject and store carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants and other carbon-dioxide producing facilities.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:04:58 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Fire Closures in effect for public lands adjacent to Lake Billy Chinook and on several  river recreation corridors in Central Oregon</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_fireclosures09_060109.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_fireclosures09_060109.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[CENTRAL OREGON-As the weather begins its drying trend into the summer season, the grasses along the river corridors quickly dry out, particularly in the high desert locations.  This creates an increased threat for wild land fires to occur. An annual closure order of public lands along these river recreation corridors is necessary for the protection of natural resources and the health and safety of the public. ]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:16 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Interior Releases Budget Numbers</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Budget.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Budget.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[President Obama's proposed $12 billion budget for the Department of the Interior in FY2010 will allow the nation's largest land manager to play a central role in addressing the challenges of our times.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:24:49 PST</pubDate>
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<title>ARRA Stimulus Projects Funded</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-07_BLM_ARRA_5-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-07_BLM_ARRA_5-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office announced $32.4 million to fund 60 BLM projects in Oregon and Washington under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  These investments will restore landscapes and habitat, spur renewable energy development on public lands, and create jobs.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:10:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Spring Prescribed Burning Season is Starting in Central Oregon</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_rxburn_season_fy09_042009.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_rxburn_season_fy09_042009.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[CENTRAL OREGON - Central Oregon's federal land management agencies (the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management) have initiated this year's prescribed fire and mechanical treatment hazardous fuels reduction program.  Approximately 55,000 acres of public lands within a 4.5 million acre land base have been targeted for fuels reduction treatment in FY 09.  Of those acres, the total approximate acreage targeted for prescribed burning is 29,000 acres.  The remainder will be treated through mechanical methods such as thinning, mowing and piling.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:05:41 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Several Prescribed Burnings Scheduled in Central Oregon Next Week</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_rxburningsinCO_042009.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_rxburningsinCO_042009.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[CENTRAL OREGON -- With temperatures predicted in the 80's next week, several project areas on public lands identified for prescribed burning are &quot;coming into prescription&quot; and fuels technicians are preparing their drip torches for ignitions starting as early as Monday next week. These burns are planned on National Forest or BLM lands near the communities of Bend, Sunriver, Sisters and La Pine.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:02:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Still Needs Oregon Advisors</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-02_RAC_4-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-02_RAC_4-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[OR/WA BLM is calling for public nominations to fill 11 openings on its John Day-Snake and Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) this year. Nominations are due by Thursday, April 30, 2009.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:26:22 PST</pubDate>
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<title>President Signs Legislation that Enhances Protection for Public Lands in Oregon and Washington</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-06_OmnibusLandsBill.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-06_OmnibusLandsBill.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[President Obama today (Monday, March 30) signed into law an omnibus lands bill that enhances protection for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management across the West, including Oregon and Washington.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:04:21 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Pile Burning Planned South of Prineville</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_PileBurningSofPville_031209.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_nr_PileBurningSofPville_031209.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Prineville District Bureau of Land Management fire specialists are tentatively planning to burn two piles of woody debris south of Prineville Thursday or Friday this week The piles are comprised of construction wood illegally dumped onto public land several years ago.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:59:56 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Oregon BLM Needs Advisors for East Oregon Lands</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR0902_OR-RAC_3-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR0902_OR-RAC_3-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Councils east of the Cascades seek 11 people to advise on resource matters. These 3-year positions are unpaid but travel costs are reimbursed. Terms ending in 2009 include state resource employees, grazing permit holders, dispersed recreationists, Indian tribes, transportation or rights-of-way specialists, historical/archaological interests, academicians, wild horse or wildlife advocates, environmental groups, and the public at large.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:56:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Prepares for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-4_Oil_and_Gas_Lease_Sale_3-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-4_Oil_and_Gas_Lease_Sale_3-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[News Release Summary: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office has announced that it will offer four parcels totaling approximately 5,342 acres, in Oregon, at its March 12, 2009 Oil and Gas Lease Competitive Sale. All four parcels to be offered are in Wheeler County near Mitchell, Oregon. The sale will be held at 9:00 AM, Thursday, March 12, at the Robert Duncan Plaza Building, 333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, Oregon in the 3rd floor conference rooms.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:35:14 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Transfers Lands to the State of Oregon for its Birthday!</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-02_BLM_DSL_Transfer_2-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-02_BLM_DSL_Transfer_2-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL), announced a decision to go ahead and transfer 640 acres to the State of Oregon in Crook County.  The 640-acre parcel is commonly referred to as the Juniper Canyon parcel. ]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:52:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Northwest Firefighters to Help in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/2-09_BLM_FS_Firefighter_Deployment_Australia.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/2-09_BLM_FS_Firefighter_Deployment_Australia.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[About 25 firefighters from the Pacific Northwest will assist with managing and suppressing wildfires in Australia, according to officials at the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center (NWCC) in Portland, a regional center for mobilizing resources.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:22:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Executes Addendum to National Agreement and Conducts Tribal Outreach</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/PressRelease6Feb09-NTC.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/PressRelease6Feb09-NTC.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[In recognition of their important partnership, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers announced today an addendum to the 1997 national Programmatic Agreement (PA).]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:54:51 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM and Forest Service Announce 2009 Grazing Fee</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/GrazingFee2009_BLMPressRelease_tg.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/GrazingFee2009_BLMPressRelease_tg.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Federal grazing fee for 2009 will be $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM) for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.35 per head month (HM) for lands managed by the Forest Service.  The grazing fee for 2009 is the same as it was in 2008.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:48:42 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Pile Burning Planned for La Pine State Park</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_rx_LaPineStatePark_012609.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_rx_LaPineStatePark_012609.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[La Pine Prineville District Bureau of Land Management fire specialists are planning to begin a three week pile burning project in La Pine State Park this Monday, January 26, 2009.  The piles will be scattered over a 10-acre area approximately one mile southwest of Bates Butte along the Fall River.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:24:41 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM to Establish Special Offices to Expedite Development of Renewable Energy</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2009/january/NR_01_16A_2009.html</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2009/january/NR_01_16A_2009.html</guid><description><![CDATA[In a move aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy on public lands, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today issued a Secretarial Order that authorizes the Bureau of Land Management to establish coordination offices that will expedite the permitting of wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal projects, along with needed electrical transmission facilities, on BLM-managed lands. The Secretary's action advances the Interior Department's efforts to achieve the goal that Congress set in Section 211 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which calls for the development of 10,000 megawatts of non-hydropower renewable energy projects on the public lands by 2015.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:28:11 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Energy Corridors Designated in Eleven Western States</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Westwide_energy_ROD_press_release_1_14_09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Westwide_energy_ROD_press_release_1_14_09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today signed a Record of Decision (ROD) amending 92 land use plans in support of the designation of more than 6,000 miles of energy transport corridors on Federal lands in 11 Western States.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:29:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title>New Purchases of Western Land Parcels with High Conservation Values</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/FLTFA_Release_1_14_09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/FLTFA_Release_1_14_09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced today that four Federal land-management agencies are in the process of acquiring 12 pieces of property in seven Western states with $4.7 million from a special land conservation fund.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:26:14 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Director Names New National Landscape Conservation System Director</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Rountree_Announcement_5Jan2009.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Rountree_Announcement_5Jan2009.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Bureau of Land Management Director James Caswell today appointed Carl Rountree to lead the National  Landscape Conservation System.  Rountree, a natural resources civil servant for more than 30 years, currently serves as the budget officer in the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:15:51 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Geothermal Lease Sale</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-08-24_Geothermal_Lease_Sale_12-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-08-24_Geothermal_Lease_Sale_12-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The BLM Oregon/Washington State Office will be offering geothermal leasing for competitive sale. The offered Federal lands are all in the northeast corner of Lake County, Oregon.
The competitive auction will begin at 8:00 a.m. December 19, 2008 at the BLM Utah State Office, 3 Gateway Building, 440 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Prineville BLM Begins Pile Burning in LaPine Area Today</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_PileBurn_LaPine_12_16_08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/pdo_PileBurn_LaPine_12_16_08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[La Pine, Ore.- Prineville District Bureau of Land Management fire specialists started a multiple-day pile burning project near La Pine today. The pile burning project is located on 300 acres of BLM-administered lands in three areas including the Burgess and Huntington Road area, the Wagontrail subdivision, and the Doe subdivision. Almost 100 acres of the project were completed today, with fuels specialists hoping to complete the project by Thursday.
]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Annouces Rare Species Guidance</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/6840_Special_Status_Species_Press_Release_12_15_08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/6840_Special_Status_Species_Press_Release_12_15_08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced new guidance for its management of federally threatened, endangered, or otherwise rare species and the ecosystems upon which they depend on BLM-administered lands.  After a two-year process, the BLM has completed a revision to its 6840 Manual for Management of Special Status Species, providing further policy and guidance for the conservation of BLM special status species and their habitats.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Announces Final Rule for Land Withdrawals</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Withdrawal_News_Release_12-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Withdrawal_News_Release_12-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will publish tomorrow, December 5, in the Federal Register a Final Rule eliminating the portion of existing regulations providing for committee-directed emergency withdrawal of lands from the operation of various public land laws.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 PILT Payments Distributed</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/11-20-08PILT.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/11-20-08PILT.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced today that the Department of the Interior has distributed an additional $138.7 million in supplemental payments to about 2,200 county and other local governments, providing them full compensation for taxes that could not be levied on federal lands in their jurisdictions during fiscal year 2008.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Waives Recreation-related Fees for Veterans on Veterans Day</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2008/november/NR_08_11_2008.html</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2008/november/NR_08_11_2008.html</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management will waive recreation-related fees for veterans and military personnel, along with their families, on Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Full Compensation for Payments In Lieu of Taxes</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOIPILTNewsRelease10-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOIPILTNewsRelease10-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced today that more than $1.5 billion will be distributed through 2012 to local governments that qualify for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, which provides compensation for taxes that could not be levied on federal lands in their jurisdictions.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Final Right-of-Way Rental Fee Regulations</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Final_ROW_PressRelease_10-30-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Final_ROW_PressRelease_10-30-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management today announced final regulations that revise the rental fees it charges companies or individuals for rights-of-way so that these fees more adequately reflect changes in land values over the past two decades. The BLM, which is publishing its regulatory revision in tomorrow's Federal Register, undertook this rulemaking effort in accordance with Section 367 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which directs the Department of the Interior to revise the existing rental fee schedule for linear rights-of-way to reflect current land values. The BLM published proposed regulations and solicited public input on this subject in December 2007; the agency received 12 response letters and used these comments extensively in developing the final rule.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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